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--- On Thu, 11/10/11, Shane Curcuru <asf@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
> From: Shane Curcuru <asf@shanecurcuru.org>
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS]+[VOTE] Trademark and Branding
> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 1:26 AM
> On 2011-11-09 10:11 PM, Pedro Giffuni
> wrote:
> > Hi Shane;
> >
> > OpenOffice.org is a brand the ASF owns now and I
> > don't want it diluted. I have also heard the name
> > is in some countries' legislation.
>
> I'm not following your point here. The project
> branding requirements
> mean that both the product and project names must start
> with "Apache
> ...", so just "OpenOffice.org" is not an option as either
> name.
>
Again I meant "Apache OpenOffice.org" for the product,
which preserves the OpenOffice.org.
> The existing trademark registration is not an issue (or,
> should not be,
> in my opinion) in terms of choosing a name for the project
> going
> forward. I suggest that the PPMC needs to primarily
> think of what the future branding will be.
>
And I don't object option (b) either way.
> In terms of "keeping" the existing registration, I would
> not worry about
> that now. My current thinking is that our keeping the
> domain name as a
> site that still distributes the past OpenOffice.org builds
> will be more
> than sufficient to defend that brand as long as will be
> pertinent for
> this project.
>
That's OK then, let's see how the vote evolves. :)
Pedro.